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Project Update: Book two is here!

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Hello again Reader, I once again must apologize for falling short on my promises. The PDF is yet to be formatted, but the good news is that I’m giving you the first chapter of book two, no matter how little I like it. The first draft of book two is very, VERY, raw. There are a lot of contradictions and weird plot threads. The pacing is wonky, and it only really gets good near the end. I think the reason for this comes from the fact that I sat on book one for almost a year before doing anything with it. I’d kind of forgotten a lot about the story and the characters, (especially details on the world building), and while it helped reading through book one while writing book two, I feel as though I made too many mistakes. I’ll still release it as is, for it would take way too much time to give it the massive rewrite it needs. That is reserved for when the first draft of the entire novel is finished. I just have to cringe and let it out there and hope for the best. Book three on the...
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Oh no, Still in November

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Hello again Reader, Man, it feels like a month has gone by since November started, but we’re only done with the first week! Over here it’s just rain and fog and more rain and its dark when I wake up and dark when I go to sleep. Sunrise is at 8:00 and sunset is at 16:00. Days feel like they meld together to form a thick slushy stream. Have I mentioned already that I don’t like November? Chronologies wise, I’ve started writing book three! That means that I’ll start rewriting book two and start posting it in due time. Expect the first chapter to be out sometime next week. Man do I want to talk about it already, but I don’t want to get into spoilerinos. Though the first chapter of book two ain’t out yet, keen eyes might’ve spotted something extra hiding on the site behind a surreptitious link. I won’t say what it is, you’ll just have to find it yourself. I also must confess that I’ve not yet formatted book one into a reader friendly PDF. This last week, three new courses have begun and...
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Oh no, November

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Hello again Reader, October is over. Here in the cold north, leaves have all but fallen to the ground. The trees are bare, and the skies are gray. Rain is cold and constant, and the sun hardly has time to peek through the veil of clouds before it sets. The days grow shorter, the nights longer, as the year nears its end. A long wait for winter snows begins. November is by far the worst month of the year up here. It is a season unto itself. A dreary span between vibrant fall and silent winter, without the full  and rich characteristics of either, instead only the worst from both. Sometimes, further up north, it might snow, only to have it melt away within days. Sometimes there might still be an oak or two with rustic leaves, but the winds make sure that they don’t remain for long.  Beautiful view from my apartment.   But enough of that. You’re here for an- Update! You’ve probably noticed that I’ve added links to previous and next chapters within the chapter pages. I...
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Project Update & Plans for the future

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Hello again Reader, I apologize for not giving a project update last week. For personal/health reasons the entire calendar week from Monday to Sunday was quite tough, and I was only able to get chapter five ready for you and release it. BUT! Once again the time has arrived for me to grace the screen of your little pocket and/or desktop PC. And I’m excited because today is DOUBLE RELEASE DAY! Which is not a thing (yet), but you get the gist. Chapter six is out and ready for you to read, and in even bigger news: THE ZERO* DRAFT OF BOOK TWO IS FINISHED, coming in at around 30k words and nine chapters. (Queue pyrotechnics). Forgive me for my all caps overindulgence, I just lack the words to properly describe how excited I am. Just to clarify, book two is not a separate novel, but instead the second arc of the Chronologies. So, don’t be surprised when at some point, as I start releasing the chapters, the first chapter of book two will be chapter 7, the second 8, and so on. Now ...
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Average Worries of a Writer

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Hello again Reader, I started this blog with the sole motive of getting The Limbo Chronologies out there for everyone to read in the vein of authors like Brandon Sanderson and C. M. Kösemen, All Tomorrows , (one of my favorites of all time). But as I’ve progressed, instead of just releasing the chapters piecemeal and giving project updates, I’ve found myself eager to yap about things mostly unrelated. So, on that note, I will yap about one of my biggest fears at the moment, in order to fulfill my statement in my first ever post. These include the state of the internet as of now, AI and LLMS, and the world of fiction in general. Before I start rambling: I promise I’ll release chapter five sometime next week. A lot of my brain power has gone into book two, and it’s looking like it will need a massive rewrite/overhaul before it’s fit to lay before thine eyes, dear Reader. Chapter five, without spoilers, will be the climax of the story. Chapter six is a sort of epilogue that sets up what f...
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Project Update & Chapter 4 Release.

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Hello reader, ‘Tis time once again that I come to you with a post. This one will be on the shorter side, seeing as I’ve not much to say. I’ve been steadily chipping away at book 2, though the progress is slow. I don’t have many hours in the day to write, and as mentioned in the previous post, I’ve simulation training going on that eats up the lion’s share. But rejoice, this is a simultaneous release with chapter 4! By now our lanky tin-man and his canine companion have found the strange botanist out in the desert, heard a strange tale about a pathogen that in truth is their target, and their timbers shiver collectively at the mention of the Conclave. That spiteful faction will be expanded upon especially in book 2. (Nudge, wink, nod). Also, poor Jaques is in a bit of a pickle given his accidental witnessing of Tom’s foolery on the radio. Who was that deadly voice he heard on the other side? Was it the thing that watched our curious duo traverse the desert from atop the stone ...
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Consistency

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Photo by Geomancer448 under CC BY-SA 4.0 at Wikimedia.org Hello, reader. September is coming to an end and soon the spooky month, (October), begins. I must admit that from all the twelve months in the year, the tenth is one of my favorites. The air is perfectly crisp and cool, the wind in the trees is loud and biting, and the leaves begin their fiery withering before gently tumbling to the ground. That, and it’s dark, and people tend to go out less late in the evening, leaving the parks and city streets bare, wet, and cold. Leaving it all to me. Also, if you’ve noticed, Chapter three is out! It might take some time before chapter four is ready, seeing as I have simulation training starting next week, (Long days from eight to four), so I won’t have much time between thesis work and all the things I need to do (gym etc.). (That’s all on the Limbo Chronologies front). What are you waiting for? Go enjoy the new chapter! The rest of this post concerns a thought I’ve had about consistency, ...
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